Autographic-register cash drawer



1 7. June 92 w. R. BARKER ET AL AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER CASH DRAWER Filed Nov. 10, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 WALTER R BAR ER LOUtfi JEN JEN June 7, 1927.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER CASH DRAWER Filed Nov. 10, 1925 3 Shoots-Sheet I5 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIII- WALTER R. BARKER, & LOUXS JENSEN Patented June 7, 1927- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER R. BARKER AND LOUIS JENSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOBB TO UNITED AUTOGBAPHIC REGISTER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORA- TION OF ILLINOIS.

AUTOGRAPHIC-BEGISTER CASH DRAWER.

Application filed November 10, 1923.

paper feed mechanism effective. The setting of the paper feed mechanism may be accomplished by the preliminary depression of a controlling key. I,

The objects of the invention are preferably accomplished by the structure shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the combined autographic register and cash drawer constructed according to this invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Figure 3 is an end view with the wall at the discharge end of the autographic register omitted and the cash drawer in section, as indicated by the line 3-3 on Fig. 2, and drawn to a larger scale.

Figure 4 is a vertical section of the paper feed mechanism taken axially through the lower feed roller and winding spool. I

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3 for the purpose of illustrating the drawer release mechanism,

Figurefi is a detail view of the drawer release mechanism shown in Fig. 5, the parts being indifferent relative positions.

Figs. 7, 8, and 9' are sectional details respectively taken on the lines ?-7, 8-8 and 99 of Fig. 3.

Figure 10 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the paper feed mechanism.

In its general features the structure illustrated comprises a cabinet within which is slidably mounted a cash drawer, and surmounting this cabinet is an autographie register, the frame or casing of wliich fies usual, is made in two parts hinged toge't er to provide easy access to the paper rolls sup Serial No. 673,988.

ports housed within the same. The paper passes from a plurality of rolls, (preferably three or more), within the autographic casing over a writing tablet or pl aten;' the two upper sheets being arranged to pass out of the machine under a knife edge, and the lower sheet is secured at its end to, and is wound upon, the receiving roller journalle'd within the casing. The paper feedmechanism is normally ineffective due to perform tions in the paper coining between the nor mal feed rollers, at the end of each operation of the machines, and a separate or initial feed roller is made effective to start the feed of the paper by the depression of a key prel minary to an operation of the paper feeding mechanism. This separate or initial feed roller automatically disengages from the paper after a few rotations of the operating handle. The drawer release mechanism is dependent for operation upon the movement of the mechanism em loyed to disengage the separate or initial eed roller from the paper,

Referring to the drawings, the casing 1 of the aptographic register is su ported upon a cabinet 2, within which is sli able the cash drawer 3. The section a of the frame of the autographic register is rigidly secured to cabinet 2, and at its rear lower end is a transverse bar 5 on which is pivoted the other section 6 of the register frame and also the end frame member or door 7. The door 7 1S normally attached to the art 6 by the hooks 8, which may be released by a" key when it is necessary to attach the end of a new strip of record paper to the receiving roller 9. When S11 1 rolls of a er ar placed in their suppoilg l0, 11 an d l2, th part 6 of the frame is swung upwardly on the shaft 5, the paper strips are passed from the supply rolls over the guide rollers 13 and aresuperposed over the writing tablet or platen 14, the undermost strip bein at I its end passed downwardly and attache to the receiving roller 9, and the two upper strips passing out of the machine at thev I rollers 18 an My 9th,.1922, Serial No. 535293. This mechanism feeds the desired lengths of tickets out of the register at the delivery end thereof, the paper strips being previously perforated at predetermined distances a art and' printed in any desired manner. e paper feed mechanism comprises a rotatable main shaft 16 mountedtransverse of the casing having a. crank handle 17, and u on which are ri idly' secured grooved eed 19 for cooperating with an upper knurled feed roller'20, adjacent to the annular grooves 21 in the latter. The roller carries a gear 22 upon one end that meshes with a gear 23 fast on theshaft 16. Aftereach complete operation of the paper feeding mechanism, the paper strips come to rest with a pair of perforations positioned between the feed-rollers 18 and 19 and the feed roller 20, and further rotation of the crank handle 17 is therefore ineflect-ive to move the paper. The grooves in the rollers permit the entrance of aper detents 75 into the perforations in t e paper when the paper comes to rest at the end of an operation of the machine. In order to again start the feed of the paper after a transaction has been entered thereon, it is necessary to depress key 24, Fig. 3. This key is fast to a transverse shaft 24', which carries at one end an arm 25. When the key is in its upper position the arm 25 projects across the extended end of a shaft 26 that is slidably mounted within shaft 16, which is made hollow to receive the shaft 26. At its inner end the shaft 26 is connected to a conical clutch member 27 slidably mounted upon shaft-16 by a in 28 which passes through slots 29 in shag 16. The clutch member 27 with'the inner shaft 26 is urged toward the left, Fig. 4, by the spring 30, and when the key 24 is depressed thus permitting shaft 26-to move tothe left, clutch 27 engages a feed roller 31, loosely mounted on shaft 16, and having an inner conical toothed surface for receiving the tooth clutch member 27. When the clutch engages the feed roller 31 it'centers the feed roller with respect to shaft 16 thus lifting it into engagement with the paper, and causing it to coact with the upper feed roller 20. When crank 17 is rotated the paper is fed by the rollers 20 and 31- until the perforations in the paper pass clear of the feed rollers 18 and 1.9, which then' again become effective for continuin the feed of the paper until the next pair 0 perforations come into registry there with. The clutch 27 is automatically disengaged after a few rotations thereof due'to its supporting shaft 26 having threaded engagement with arm 25 when this arm is in 1ts upper position. Because of this threaded engagement between shaft' 26 and the arm 25 the inner shaft 26 travels to the right, Fig. 4, at the beginning of rotation of crank handle 17, thus moving the clutch member 27 out of engagement with roller 31 and permitting this roller to drop to its original position. 24, rocks downwardl spring 32 when the threads 33 and the end of shaft 26 ass clear of the threads 34 and arm 25. Tie arm. 25 then serves to hold shaft 16'with the clutch 27in disengaged position until the end of the operation.

' The drawer release mechanism is operated by means of a connection with arm 25, consisting of a link 133 and a awl 134 pivoted to the lower end of the ink 133. The trigger 134 has a shoulder 35 resting on the bent end '36 of an arm 37, fast to a short shaft 38. This shaft carries a latch book 39 engaging a bracket 40 on the rear end of under the action of the cash drawer, and normally holding the cash drawer in its closed position against the action ofthe opening spring 41. The latch book 39 is urged to its upper position by a coiled spring 44 surrounding shaft 38, and is limited by the shoulder 35 on trigger 134 and by a similar shoulder 42 on bracket 43. Both of the shoulders 35 and 42 are also engaged by the bent end of arm 37, while the bracket 43 serves to support and journal the shaft for the drawer latch book 39. The cash drawer 13 released after,

the crank 17 is rotated sufficiently to disengage the threaded end 33 of shaft 26 from the threaded recess or half-nut 34 formed on the lower surface of arm 25. This arm rocks downwardly under the action of its spring 32, pushing the link 133 downward so that shoulder 35 on the trigger 134 will rockarm 37 and shaft .38 to the left, Figs. 5 and 6, and thus lower the latch hook 39 out of engagement with the bracket 40 on the rear end of the cash drawer. The cash drawer is then forced outward by the spring 41. The cash drawer has flan es 45 on its sides, which rest upon the guiding rollers 46, journaled in the side frames of the cabinet 2. When the cash drawer is pushed back to its inner position the bracket 40 on the The arm 25, fast to shaftrear of the drawer earns the latch hook 39 down before it again springs up and again depressed the trigger 134 rises and again swings back to its original coacting relation withthe drawer release mechanism under the action of spring 49.

The feed roller 20 may be raised slightly in order to permit free threading of paper between the feed rollers by depressing handle So long as 50, Fig. 5. This handle is fixed to a transverseshaft 51 journaled in the sides of the casing, which shaft carries a pin 52 at each end inside the casing, Fig. 9, for engagement with suitable cams 53. These cams when rocked raise the roller 20 by engagement with its ends or trunnions 54 causing the latter to ride up on the high portions of said cams. Springs 55 bear against the trunnions 54, and are adjustable by means of the screws 56 engaging the upper ends of the springs.

The record strip receivin roller 9 is rigid on a removable square sha t 57, Figs. 4 and 9. This shaftis removable through the opening in box 58, but is normally held in its proper position by a rockable spring 59.. The shaft-.57 passes through a square opening in a gear 60 and ratchet wheel-61. The ear 60 meshes with a gear 62, loose on a s ort shaft 63, but having a fiber face 64, which is engaged by a fiber face of a gear 66, also loose on shaft 63, but urged toward the gear 62 by spring 67. The gear 66 meshes with a pinion 68, fast to shaft 16, upon which latter the crank handle 17 is mounted. The receiving roller 9 is thereby rotated upon operations of crank 17 sufliclently to take up all slack in the record strip, but to slip more. or less. at the friction drive connection as the diameter of the roll of paper thereon increases. I

Over-rotation or backward rotation of the roller 9 is prevented by the drag of pawl 69, Fig. 9, in position to engage ratchet 61. clutch 27 is in engagement with feed roller 31 the pawl 69 is held out of engagement with the ratchet wheel 61 by anarm 70 extending downfrom a. transverse shaft 72. This shaft also carries an arm 73, Fig. 10, which rests against the lower edge of conical clutch member 27. When the clutch member is in'engaging position the arm 73 is depressed. Thus, through the shaft 72 and arm 70 the'pawl 69 is held out of engagement with the ratchet 61. When the clutch 27 is disengaged the conical por-' tion of the member 28 has been moved to a osition over the arm 73 and said arm and the shaft 72 are free to rock under the action of spring 74 for pawl 69, except for the pairof paper detents or bent fingers 75, which bear on the lower surface of the paper. As soon as a pair of the perforations in the paper strip re ister with detents 75 the latter enter sai perforations, and pawl 69 engages the ratchet 61 and prevents winding rotation" of shaft 57.

In the operation of the device key 24 is first depressed. This results in the rocking of shaft 24', Figure 5, clockwise, causing arm 25 to be raised away from the end of shaft 26, Figure 4, thus permitting the shaft to move to the left under the action'of its spring 30. Clutch member 27 enters the recess in feed roller 31, raising this roller" into position to co-operate with feed roller 20 for feedin the paper. The same movement of clutc member 27 serves to permit the rocking of arm 73 downwardly, Figure 10, thereby rocking shaft 72 and withdrawing detents 75 from the a'per. Then crank 17 is rotated, causin al of the pa er feed rollers to be driven y the gears s own in Figure 4. After a few rotations of crank 17, shaft 26 retracts into hollow shaft 16 through its threaded connection with arm 25 and is thereby restored to its original position, thus disengaging clutch 27 and allowing feed roller 31 to drop to its original position, this feedroller having served to'start the feed of the paper so that perforations therein have passed awa from-the, feed rollers 18 and 19, which a lows these rollers to become effective to continue the-feed, of the paper. VVhen' shaft 26 is disen aged fromthe arm 25 the latter swings wardly' under the action of its s ring 32 across the end of the shaft, thus ho ding the shaft in its shifted position. The downward movement of arm 25 through the link 133 and the trigger 134 results in an operationv of the drawer release mechanism. Motion from trigger 134 is transmitted to the drawer latch 39 through arm 37 and shaft 38, Figs. 5 and 7.

-When the paper has been fed the required distance to bring another pair of perforations' therein into registration with the paper detents 75 and between the feed rollers 18 and 19 and the feed roller 20, these rollers become ineffective for further feeding of the paper regardless of continued rotation there of, whereupon the detents rise under the action of the spring 74 into the perforations and prevent further accidental movement of the paper. The receiving roller 9 cannot be rotated an excessive amount due to the friction drive therefor at the disks which face gears 62 and 66, Fig. 4.

Preliminary to another 0 eration of the machine it is necessary to depress key 24, thus again restoring the mechanism into operative condition, but the cash drawer play be returned to its inner position at any ime.

What is claimed is 3- 1. An autographic register comprising a frame and a normally ineffective paper feeding roller mounted thereon, a cash drawer slidable in said frame, a drawer latch, a normally inefiect-ive drawer release, means for operating said feed roller, and a depressible key for rendering said paper feeding roller effective and set the drawer release mechanism upon an operation of said means.

2. In an autographic register a paper feeding roller, a c -acting paper feeding roller movable into and out of enga ement with said first mentioned roller and aving a recess therein, a sleeve loosely supporting said co-acting roller, a' shaft slidably mounted within said sleeve, a clutch member carried by said shaft, a spring for urging said clutch member into engagement with the coacting feed roller manually controlled operative means for controlling the action of said spring, a cash drawer release mechanism, and said shaft being arranged to control the operation of said drawer release mechanism.

3. An autographic register, a paper feeding mechanism comprising a pair of co-acting feed rollers, means for driving said rollers, a sleeve upon which one of said rollers is loosely journaled, a shaft slidably and rotatably mounted within said sleeve, means fixed to said shaft for engaging and driving the roller loosely mounted upon said sleeve, said shaft being threaded at one end, a'movable member having a thread at one side-for enga ement with the thread on said shaft, wherdby upon rotation of said shaft the shaft is caused to move longitudinally out of enga ement with-said movable member, a spring For shifting said movable I member across the end of said shaft, a cash drawer, a drawer release mechanism, and a connection between said movable member and the drawer release mechanism.

4. In an autographic register a frame, means intermittently engaged with the .paper strip fedthrough said frame to initially advance the strip, a cash-drawer slidable in said frame, a drawer latch, and devices operatively connecting said means and latch whereby the release of said means from the strip releases said latch.

5. In an a utographic register a frame, intermittently operable means adapted to initially advance the paper discharged therefrom, a cash-drawer slidable in said frame, a latch-hook pivoted at the rear of said frame and normally engaging a port-ion of said rawer, and a trigger mechanism adapted to be set by said means when the latter is rendered operative and is ada ated to release the latchted to be operook when said journaled in said frame,

means become ineffective to advance the paper.

6. In an autographic register a frame, a normally ineffectlve paper-feed roller mounted thereon adapted to be intermittently operated to initially advance the paper through the frame, a cash-drawer slidable in said frame, a bracket on said drawer, a latch normally engaged therewith, a normally ineffective line and trigger, for rendering said paper-feed roller effective to advance the paper and to set the trigger, and means for operating said roller, whereby upon a predetermined movement of said fee-d roller the latter becomes ineffective upon the paper and thereon operates the trigger to release the latch.

7. In an a-utographic register a frame, paper feed mechanism mounted thereon, a drawer slidable in said frame, a rock-shaft a latch hook carried by said shaft and normally engaged with said drawer, a link operatively connected to said paper feed-mechanism, a trigger operated by said link and having operative connection with said latch hook, and means for operating said feed-mechanism whereby said link is operated by said mechanism to actuate the trigger and release the latch-hook upon a predetermined movement of said feed-mechanism.

8. An autographic register comprising a frame, a normally ineffective pa er feeding roller mounted therein, a cash-d iawer slidable in said frame, a latch normally engaged with said drawer, a normally ineffective link and trigger connected to said latch to release the same, means for o eratin said roller, and a depressible key or rendering said feed roller together with said link and trigger effective upon the operation of said means.

Signed atChicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, this 6th day of November, 1923.

- WALTER R. BARKER. LOUIS JENSEN.

a depressible key 

